耶利米哀歌 2:18-20 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:18

Their heart cried unto the Lord, etc. "Their heart" can only mean "the heart of the people of Jerusalem." For the expression, comp. Psalms 84:2 , "My heart and my flesh cry aloud to the living God." To avoid the rather startling prosopopoeia in the next clause, Thenius supposes a corruption in the group of letters rendered "wall," and attaches the corrected word to the first clause, rendering thus: "Their heart crieth unto the Lord in vain; O daughter of Zion, let tears run down," etc.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:18-19

The entreaty of anguish. This surely is one of those passages which justify the title of this book; these utterances are "lamentations" indeed; never did human sorrow make of language anything more resembling a wail than this. I. THE SOULS FROM WHICH TEARFUL ENTEATIES ARISE The true language of passion—this utterance is lacking in coherence. The heart of the people cries aloud; the very walls of the city are invoked in their desolation to call upon the Lord. Clearly the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:19

In the beginning of the watches . This would seem to be most naturally explained as referring to the first watch of the night. When most are wrapped in their first and sweetest sleep, the daughter of Zion is to "arise and cry." Others explain, "at the beginning of each of the night watches;" i.e. all the night through. Previously to the Roman times, the Jews had divided the night into three watches (comp. 3:19 ). Pour out thine heart like water; i.e. give free course to thy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:19

A cry to God in the night watches. A fearful picture! Jerusalem is besieged. Famine is becoming fatal. Young children are seen fainting for hunger at the top of every street. The hearts of their parents are rent with anguish, as the little ones beg piteously of their mothers for food and drink ( Lamentations 2:12 ), and none can be had, so that they swoon for very weakness. Suddenly a new turn is taken. The citizens have sunk down in sullen despair. Night has come like a cloak to cover... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:20

To whom thou hast done this; viz. to Israel, the chosen people. And children ; rather, ( even ) children. The children are the "fruit" referred to. Comp. the warnings in Le 26:26; Deuteronomy 28:56 ; and especially Jeremiah 19:9 ; also the historical incident in 2 Kings 6:28 , 2 Kings 6:29 . Of a span long; rather, borne in the hands. The word is derived from the verb renders to swaddle'' in 2 Kings 6:22 (see note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:20

Consideration besought. How truly human is this language! How real was the eternal Lord to him who could shape his entreaty thus! As if to urge a plea for pity, the prophet implores him who has been offended by the nation's sins, who has suffered the nation's misery and apparent ruin, to consider; to remember who Judah is, and to have mercy, I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CALL FOR CONSIDERATION . 1 . Famine and the inhuman conduct to which famine sometimes leads. 2 .... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 2:18

Their heart - That of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The prophet bids the wall, as the representative of the people who had dwelt secure under its protection, shed floods of tears on their behalf. Broken up by the enemy, it could be their guardian no longer, but by its ruins it might still cry unto the Lord in their behalf.A river - Or, a brook or torrent.Rest - Properly, the torpor and numbness which follows upon excessive grief.Apple of thine eye - See Psalms 17:8 note. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 2:19

In - (or at) the beginning of the watches “At the beginning of each night-watch” means all the night through. The Hebrews divided the night into three watches. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 2:20

The sense is: “See, Yahweh, and look! whom hast Thou treated thus? Shall women eat their fruit - children whom they must still carry?” the swaddled child being one still needing to be nursed and borne in their arms. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 2:18-19

Lamentations 2:18-19. Their heart cried unto the Lord “The same,” says Blaney, “are the speakers here who are said to have made the foregoing remarks concerning the distressed condition of Jerusalem, namely, the passengers, (Lamentations 2:15,) whose hearts, being deeply affected with what they saw, urged them to break forth into the following passionate exclamation, addressed to the daughter of Zion.” O wall of the daughter of Zion The Vulgate reads the verse, Clamavit cor eorum ad... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:18-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 2:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 2:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 2:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 2:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 2:18-19

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